Vince Carter will have the chance embark on a much-deserved retirement tour.
The free-agent forward has agreed to a contract with the Atlanta Hawks, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday, citing NBA sources.
Free agent Vince Carter has agreed to a deal to return to the Atlanta Hawks, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 5, 2019
Carter, 42, will return to Atlanta for his 22nd, and almost certainly final, NBA season. Should he earn a roster spot, as expected, he’ll set some longevity records: most NBA seasons played and the first player to appear in an NBA game in four different decades.
The 2019-20 season will be Vince Carter's 22nd season, the most in NBA history passing Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis and Robert Parish.
If he plays in a game in 2020, he'll be the 1st player in NBA history to appear in a game in 4 different decades per @EliasSports https://t.co/3NpIzWWu7p
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 5, 2019
Carter played for the Hawks last season and averaged 7.4 points and 2.6 rebounds and 17.5 minutes over 76 games.
He rejected retirement in April and said he’d like to play another season for the Hawks, but questions over his NBA future arose last month when no team signed him in early in the free-agency period.
After a few weeks of waiting, Atlanta finally granted Carter’s wish.
